This use of AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT looks like a typo. But it is an intentional no-op. Weird.
2020-08-16 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> sys_ioctl: Simplify. * m4/sys_ioctl_h.m4 (gl_SYS_IOCTL_H): Remove confusing use of AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT. diff --git a/m4/sys_ioctl_h.m4 b/m4/sys_ioctl_h.m4 index 303820e..cd2735e 100644 --- a/m4/sys_ioctl_h.m4 +++ b/m4/sys_ioctl_h.m4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# sys_ioctl_h.m4 serial 10 +# sys_ioctl_h.m4 serial 11 dnl Copyright (C) 2008-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SYS_IOCTL_H], [dnl We cannot use AC_CHECK_DECL because it produces its own messages. AC_COMPILE_IFELSE( [AC_LANG_PROGRAM( - [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT([#include <sys/ioctl.h>])], + [[#include <sys/ioctl.h>]], [(void) ioctl;])], [gl_cv_decl_ioctl_in_sys_ioctl_h=yes], [gl_cv_decl_ioctl_in_sys_ioctl_h=no])